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Specification of the KQML

Agent-Communication Language

plus example agent policies and architectures

The DARPA Knowledge Sharing Initiative

External Interfaces Working Group

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DRAFT

Specification of the KQML

Agent-Communication Language

plus example agent policies and architectures

The DARPA Knowledge Sharing Initiative

External Interfaces Working Group

Tim Finin (co-chair)

University of Maryland Jay Weber (co-chair)

Enterprise Integration Technologies Gio Wiederhold (former co-chair)

Stanford University Michael Genesereth

Stanford University Richard Fritzson

Donald McKay

Paramax Systems James McGuire

Richard Pelavin

Lockheed AI Center Stuart Shapiro

SUNY Buffalo Chris Beck

University of Toronto

This document is a draft of an initial specification for the KQML agent communication language being developed by the external interfaces working group of the DARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort. KQML is intendewd to be a high-level language to be used by knowledge-based system to share knowledge at run time.

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